1995 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1995 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record65 (53 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPat Watson (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBrian Baker (1st as DC, 9th overall season)
Home stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium
(Capacity: 46,000)
Seasons
  1994
1996  
1995 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Florida State +  7 1   10 2  
No. 16 Virginia +  7 1   9 4  
Clemson  6 2   8 4  
Georgia Tech  5 3   6 5  
North Carolina  4 4   7 5  
Maryland  4 4   6 5  
NC State  2 6   3 8  
Duke  1 7   3 8  
Wake Forest  0 8   1 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was George O'Leary. Tech played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 2 Furman *W 51–738,511 [1]
September 7at No. 17 Arizona *L 19–2046,786 [2]
September 161:30 pmat No. 16 Virginia L 14–4136,500 [3]
September 288:00 pmNo. 17 Maryland
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
ESPN W 31–344,137 [4]
October 7at Duke W 37–2120,110 [5]
October 1412:00 pm North Carolina
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
JPS W 27–2540,201 [6]
October 213:30 pmat No. 1 Florida State ABC L 10–4276,400 [7]
October 2812:00 pm Clemson
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
JPSL 3–2445,245 [8]
November 41:00 pmat Wake Forest W 24–2323,114 [9]
November 111:00 pm NC State
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 27–1933,121 [10]
November 2311:00 am Georgia *
ABCL 17–1845,245 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1995 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
C 65 Michael Cheever
TB 3 Charlie Rogers Fr
FL 9Derrick SteagallJr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Pat Watson Offensive coordinator/offensive line
  • Eddie Wilson Quarterbacks
  • Bob Casullo Running backs/special teams
  • Stan Hixon Wide receivers
  • Lance Thompson Tight ends/recruiting coordinator
  • Brian Baker Defensive coordinator/outside linebackers
  • Larry New Defensive line/assistant head coach
  • Dave Huxtable Inside linebackers
  • John Anselmo Defensive backs

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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